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If that’s the one reason, have you considered just… not using the AI features?
by jw1224 1y ago
If that’s the one reason, have you considered just… not using the AI features?
- doublerabbit 1y agoSure you can for now. But what when it's forced upon you to use them?
- vouaobrasil 1y agoI find it offensive to have any generative AI code on my computer.
- azinman2 1y agoSo, then don’t do that? It’s not like it’s automatically generating code without you asking.
- vouaobrasil 1y agoI didn't say "generating code", I meant I find it offensive to have any code sitting on my computer that generates code, whether I use it or not. I prefer minimalism: just have on my computer what I will use, and I have a limited data connection which means even more updates with useless code I won't use.
- socalgal2 1y agoI think I know what you meant. You mean you don't want code that runs generative AI in your computer? But, what you wrote could also mean you don't want any code running that was generated by AI. Even with open source, your computer will be running code generated by AI as most open source projects are using it. I suspect it will be nearly impossible to avoid. Most open source projects will accept AI generated code as long as it's been reviewed.
- vouaobrasil 1y agoGood point, and you were right. I was ambiguous. I meant a system that generates stuff, not stuff that was generated by AI. But I'd rather not use stuff that was generated by AI, either. But you are also right. That will become impossible, and probably already is. Not a very nice world, I think. Best thing to do then is to minimize it, and avoid computers as much as possible....
- dkdcio 1y agoI promise you there is Linux code that has been tab-completed with Copilot or similar, perhaps even before ChatGPT ever launched
- vouaobrasil 1y agoThat is true. I actually was ambiguous in my post, because I meant code that generates stuff, not that was generated by AI, even though I don't like the latter, either.
- reaperducer 1y agoI find it offensive to have any generative AI code on my computer. Settings → Apple Intelligence and Siri → toggle Apple Intelligence off. It's not enabled by default. But in case you accidentally turned it on, turning it off gets you a bunch of disk space back as the AI stuff is removed from the OS. Some people are just looking for a reason to be offended.
- zapzupnz 1y agoThe theatrics of being *forced* to use completely optional, opt-in features has been a staple of discussions regarding Apple for years. Every year, macOS and iPadOS look superficially more and more similar, but they remain distinct in their interfaces, features, etc. But the past 15 years have been "we'll be *forced* to only use Apple-vetted software, just like the App Store!" And yeah, the Gatekeeper mechanism got less straight-forward to get around in macOS 15, but … I don't know, someone will shoot me down for this, but it's been a long 15 years to be an Apple user with all that noise going on around you from people who really don't have the first clue what they're talking about — and on HN, no less. They can come back to me when what they say actually happens. Until then, fifteen dang years.
- vouaobrasil 1y agoNot forced to use, forced to download and waste 2GB of disk space.
- reaperducer 1y agoI presume you're talking about Apple Intelligence. It's not forced. It's completely optional. It has to be downloaded. And if you activate it, then change your mind, you get the disk space back when you turn it off.
- vouaobrasil 1y agoI have a limited connection, and don't want to update my computer with AI garbage.